Common Application: Personal Essay (650 words) Describe a problem you've solved or a problem you'd like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma-anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. 650-word version: ...

Common Application: Supplementary Essay(s) (650 words) Cornell: Tell us what you'd like to major in at Cornell, and why or how your past academic or work experience influenced your decision, and how transferring to Cornell would further your academic interests. (Please limit your res..

Common Application: Supplementary Essay(s) (502 words) Yale-NUS: Essay 2 Please choose one of the following essay questions and upload your response (500 words or less): Describe an interesting interaction you have had with someone different than yourself. Who was this pers..

Common Application: Supplementary Essay(s) (468 words) UChicago: (Optional) Share with us a few of your favorite books, poems, authors, films, plays, pieces of music, musicians, performers, paintings, artists, blogs, magazines, or newspapers. Feel free to touch on one, some, or all of th..

Common Application: Supplementary Essay(s) (2 versions) UChicago: How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to UChicago...

Common Application: Supplementary Essay(s) (7 versions) Rice U: How did you first learn about Rice University and what motivated you to apply? (250 word limit) 250-word version: Sorting through the massive information..., the label “philosophy butters no bread” cau..